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Antoine Doinel's nicer (but duller) counterpart, 13 January 2003
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debblyst de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"A Cause d'Elle" (Because of her) is a film about shy no-nonsense
15-year-old Antoine Hervy (Antoine Hubert), who meets young high brow
bourgeoise Olivia (Olivia Munoz) and, as he silently falls in love with
her, also falls in love with literature, while we have a glimpse of
what growing up in early 60s provincial France was about.
This film, by novelist-writer-director Jean-Loup Hubert, is evidently
made with love and delicacy. But the approach to "this" Antoine
embarrassingly resembles much too often the approach to "another"
Antoine: Truffaut's Antoine Doinel, made immortal by Jean-Pierre Léaud,
though the Antoines are sort of opposite.
I'm not sure if Antoine Hubert, the young lead here, is director
JLHubert's son (it sounds likely), but he has starred in four JLH's
films (Le Grand Chemin, 1987; Après la Guerre, 1989; La Reine Blanche,
1991; and this one), so the public had the chance to see him grow up
on-camera, much like Léaud/Doinel -- except Hubert started much
younger. He gives here a sensitive (if one-note) gloomy "nice"
performance, in a reverse mirrored way of the electric, streetwise,
obsessive, humorous Doinel, like brothers with antagonistic characters.
They have one thing in common, though: both are fools for love.
There are some major letdowns: first of all, sorry to say, the leading
"demoiselle" Olivia Munoz, who is absolutely wooden and ungracious. We
keep wondering why on earth Antoine falls in love with her - although
it must be said director JLH carefully chooses not to show any other
girls in the movie so Munoz won't suffer by comparison. In addition,
the excessively "delicate" photography and the sad (beautiful) music
don't help much. Everything is too soft, too flaccid, too "nice". The
politeness of all the characters (in a French film!!) must be seen to
be believed: everybody says merci and pardon all the time, the parents
are understanding and loving, even the teacher is a doll!!
Well, by the end of "À Cause d'Elle", you'll be longing to watch a
Doinel movie once more. À cause de lui. My vote: 6/10.
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